The Question Of The Day!

Okay, here’s the question of the day: How many of you have stood on the deck of your boat, looking into a black and stormy sky, and asked yourself, “What the hell am I doing out here?” Come on. Fess up. I can tell you with all honesty that I can recall numerous times when I found myself standing at the rail, gripping a shroud, looking off into dark and angry skies, and wishing I was...

My Very First Sail!

The funny thing about getting into sailing is that nobody really tells you what you’re getting into. They tell you about the freedom, the sunsets, and sitting in the cockpit with a cold beer while the boat quietly slips through the water. What they don’t tell you is that you’re also going to spend the first six months learning an entirely new language and trying to remember which rope does what. I was beginning to...

BOOT 2027 TICKET SHOP IS OPEN

If boats, water and nine days of nautical overload sound like your kind of vacation, mark the calendar: boot Düsseldorf runs January 23–31, 2027, in...

SSCA Weather Seminar

Because the ocean doesn't care how confident you are. There are two ways to learn about marine weather. You can spend years out there getting surprised...

Forgotten Days!

Gettin' old sucks! There, I said it. I suppose I'm allowed to say that now. I'm 82, and I've reached the age where I find...

Bashing out of Biscay

“A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind”. An amazing American single-hander, Webb Chiles. Realising that as a sailor; luck has played part of...

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This two-owner boat was purchased by the current owner in 2002 and in 2014 sailed from Canada to Mexico's Sea of Cortez where she...

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SSCA Weather Seminar

Because the ocean doesn't care how confident you are. There are two ways to learn about marine weather. You can spend years out there getting surprised...

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Gettin' old sucks! There, I said it. I suppose I'm allowed to say that now. I'm 82, and I've reached the age where I find...

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The Question Of The Day!

Okay, here’s the question of the day: How many of you have stood on the deck of your boat, looking into a black and stormy sky, and asked yourself, “What the hell am I doing out here?” Come on. Fess...

My Very First Sail!

The funny thing about getting into sailing is that nobody really tells you what you’re getting into. They tell you about the freedom, the sunsets, and sitting in the cockpit with a cold beer while the boat quietly slips...

BOOT 2027 TICKET SHOP IS OPEN

If boats, water and nine days of nautical overload sound like your kind of vacation, mark the calendar: boot Düsseldorf runs January 23–31, 2027, in Düsseldorf, Germany. The ticket shop is now open at boot.com: https://www.boot.com/en/Visit/Tickets_Vouchers And here’s the deal: free boot.club membership gets you...

SSCA Weather Seminar

Because the ocean doesn't care how confident you are. There are two ways to learn about marine weather. You can spend years out there getting surprised by it. Or you can learn how the damn stuff works before you're sitting in the...